小说描写了四位性格、命运各异的中国女性抛却国难家仇, 移居美国, 以及她们各自在美国出生、成长的女儿的生活经历。

在线阅读本书 A stunning literary achievement, The Joy Luck Club explores the tender and tenacious bond between four daughters and their mothers. The daughters know one side of their mothers, but they don't know about their earlier never-spoken of lives in China. The mothers want love and obedience from their daughters, but they don't know the gifts that the daughters keep to themselves. Heartwarming and bittersweet, this is a novel for mother, daughters, and those that love them.